Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Mandala and the far-reaching attitudes
Discussion about mandala offerings and demonstration of how to offer the mandala.
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Right mindfulness
Examining the eightfold noble path through mindfulness of body, feelings, mind, and phenomena.
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When and why the mandala is offered
Review of how to build the mandala, when and why the mandala is offered, and…
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Right action and livelihood
Examining the eightfold noble path through right action and right livelihood.
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Establishing selflessness
Investigating the way things appear and how they actually exist.
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The purpose of mandala offerings
The importance of understanding the reasons why we do preliminary practices to purify negativities and…
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Eightfold noble path
An overview of the eightfold noble path as well as an in-depth look at right…
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Three levels of dependent arising
The three levels of dependent arising and why it's important to cultivate this wisdom.
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Excitement and application
Examining the last three obstacles to calm abiding meditation: laxity and excitement, non-application, and over-application.
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Laxity and excitement
Examining laxity and excitement , one of the five hindrances to calm abiding meditation.
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